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FFRF banner in Wilkes-Barre: Nothing Fails Like Prayer
Wilkes-Barre student Justin Vacula, in conjunction with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, has just arranged placement of a colorful banner saying “Nothing Fails Like Prayer” in Public Square in downtown …
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Boy Scouts of America still practices discrimination
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker FFRF Co-Presidents We congratulate Boy Scouts of America for lifting its longtime, hurtful ban on gays being members. BSA has taken a …
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Sailors forced to hear shipboard prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has renewed its objections to constitutional violations occurring aboard U.S. Navy ships. In a May 20 letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, FFRF …
Elementary school religious music program ‘drastically altered’
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis-based state/church watchdog, stopped presentation of a fifth-grade religious musical program in Lindale, Texas. FFRF was contacted by a concerned parent about a …
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Saluting two nonreligious newsmakers
Statement by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie GaylorFFRF Co-Presidents While President Obama was counseling “faith in the Almighty” and prayer in the wake of the devastating Oklahoma tornado …
We’ve lost Alton Lemon, but Lemon Test lives
Statement By Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor FFRF Co-Presidents The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a very rare, very elite category of members who are “honorary officers.” The title …
Ball State U investigates whether teaching is preaching
After receiving a student complaint, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has called for Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., to investigate allegations that a physics and astronomy professor appeared to …
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FFRF: Keep preaching out of nature preserve
Should a church in Madison, Wis., be allowed to proselytize in the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in the adjoining city of Middleton? The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state-church watchdog …
